MAD no doubt is one of the most recognized architectural practices in China and worldwide. Every year, MAD receives countless job and internship applications. To be able to work at MAD will definitely enrich your career as even though the people working here might have been lucky, but are undeniably outstanding. What could possibly be on the minds of the MAD interns?

MAD无疑是中国最受瞩目的建筑师事务所，同时在世界范围内也受到极高的关注。
MAD每年都收到来自全世界不计其数的工作申请和实习申请。
能够进入MAD学习和工作一段时间，职业生涯无疑会变得精彩丰富，
在这里的人们，也许是幸运的，但肯定是优秀的。
在MAD工作的实习生们，他们脑子里天马星空的想法是什么样的？

Name: Pompay Zhu
Educational Institution: Anhui University of Science & Technology
Year: Graduated July 2010
Nationality: Chinese
Email: pompayzhu@gmail.com

Who is your favourite architect? Why?

Kazuyo Sejima. I think she is such kind of person who doing design works with a very steady progress. From the plan layout, the form and scale of furniture, to the construction method, all are very precise and developed their own system. Every part of her design is with beauty.

Preston Scott Cohen. His geometric logic using in architecture design makes me feel amazing. He provides a method to perfectly build complex geometry in reality.

What is the major characteristic of your current school’s education?

“Education is to meet the market.” My school well versed a truth – the market demanding of drawing workers is much bigger than designers. So the employment rate in our school is always good. Good CAD drawing will bring you a high academic score, while scripting or concept design may cause fail. Fortunately, I have well graduated now.

What have you gained during the MAD internship?

Gain the ability to meet the deadline. In school, you can easily delay submission, but it would never happen in doing real project.

What are your thoughts and feelings upon Chinese Architecture and the environment? Any suggestion?

Many Chinese architects emphasize that we should create our design and inherit Chinese culture. However, is it Chinese design when simply put Chinese classic cultural symbol in it? I think it is rather a plagiarizing from the ancients. I think contemporary architect should think about how to create their own time symbols. Why should we take things from other age? Although the latter-day architecture of Japanese, from the formal point of view, is very different from their ancient wooden architecture, they are very Japanese style. So, I think the most important thing is that we should focus on the contemporary. Thinking precisely what is the demand of THIS time and THIS place. Like Beijing in 2011, what is the urban texture look like? What would be the architectural form that it need? Finally, your design will become history, and the descendant will say ‘Look! This is the architecture in China 2011 A.D.’

What is your dream?

Visit new places. Meet new friends.

What would you do if you were not an architect?

Not sure.

What is your dream project? Any project that being built in real.

What is your favourite project in your portfolio? Why?

I always focus on design ideology and logic, thinking that design must have content. However, I ignore the geometry controlling which is very important part of design. So, none of them meet my satisfaction, although I love them all.

姓名：朱珈仪
学校：安徽理工大学（目前在美国洛杉矶的SCI-Arc读硕士）
年级：2010年7月毕业
国籍：中国
电子邮箱： pompayzhu@gmail.com

最喜欢的建筑师是谁？为什么？
妹岛和世.我觉得她是一个很踏实的研究着建筑的人，从平面的布置，家具的形式和尺度，到配合施工阶段，都很严谨和自成体系。设计的每一个环节都富有美感。Preston Scott Cohen.他的几何逻辑在建筑设计中的应用让我觉得很了不起，为复杂形体建筑在现实中的完美实现提供了方法。

你所在学校的教育特点？
迎合中国建筑市场式的教育。深谙一条真理，描图的总是比做设计的需求量大。所以就业率总是不错。CAD图画的好会得高分，程序或者概念类型的设计会面临被挂科的危险。所幸，我已顺利毕业。呵呵。

你在MAD实习最大的收获是什么？
按时完成任务的能力。在学校总可以拖图，做实际项目的时候是不可能的。

你对中国建筑以及环境有怎样的感触？建议是什么？
很多中国建筑师强调我们应该创造自己的设计，传承中国文化，但是，单纯的将中国古典文化符号引入建筑设计中就是在做中国设计吗？我认为那是在抄袭古人。我觉得当代的建筑师应该想想怎样去创造自己的时代符号，干嘛非要把别的时代的东西拿过来用呢。日本当代建筑，从形式上看和他们古代木构建筑差异很大，但是却非常日本。所以我觉得最重要是关注当代，踏实的想想此时此地对建筑的需求，比如2011年的北京，城市纹理是怎样的，它到底需要怎样的建筑形态。最终，你的建筑将成为历史，后人会说，瞧，这就是中国公园2011年时的建筑。

你的梦想是什么？
去新地方。交新朋友。

你如果不当建筑师会选择什么职业？
不知道。

你梦想中的项目是什么样的？
所有能被建成的项目。

在自己的作品集中，你最喜欢的作品是什么？为什么？
我一直注重设计思想和逻辑，认为设计要有内容，但是忽略了形体把握,这个重要的环节。因此尽管我喜欢我所有的设计但对他们都不满意。

Background:
Public spaces were often an afterthought and as such they have turned into random islands between highways and left-over ground level plots scattered between tower developments: the public space does NOT actually serve the public.

背景：
在城市建设中，公共空间总是最后被考虑的部分。他们在高架路和剩余地面空地间形成了一个个孤岛，散落在摩天楼的缝隙中。城市公共空间没有真正为公众服务。

Solution:
To transform flat and scattered urban form into vertical associated spaces. Accordingly, build inseparable connection between different parts of the city. Maximize the service efficiency of city public spaces. Ultimately, encourage the mutual movements and dynamic negotiations between different social groups, communities, and classes.

解决方案：
将平铺而分散的城市形态转变成垂直相关的空间。从而，在城市不同性质的空间中建立不可分离的联系。将城市公共空间的服务效率最大化。最终，鼓励不同社会群体，社区和阶层的人们之间进行互动和活跃的对话。

FACT 1 :
No matter you believe or not, many of us live in a completely “dark” world. You drop into office before sunrise, you get home after sunset. You don`t even get a chance to say hello to the sun. But why you don`t ever recognize it? You work and live in a 24hs shining place and over rely on the artificial light.

事实1:
不管你相信与否，我们中的很多人都生活在一个完全“黑暗”的世界。太阳还未生起，你已钻进办公室，太阳下山后你才下班回家。你甚至没有机会和太阳说声早安。但是为什么你从来都没有意识到这一点呢？因为你活在一个24小时光线灼目的环境中，你过分依赖人工照明了。

FACT 2 :
Once there is a building, there is shadow.

事实2：
有建筑即有它的影。

We want buildings to create light to the environment. The idea of this project is to create an attached building stands in side of another one (host building), providing a light environment instead of shadow around and so gives people a chance to enjoy nature light. Moreover, the structures of the attached building can also help to light up the inside space of itself.

我们需要可以制造光的建筑。
这个设计的想法是在寄主建筑旁边创造一个寄生建筑。它为寄主建筑制造光而不是影子，从而给生活在写字楼中的人们提供一个享受自然光的机会。而且，这个寄生建筑的结构可以自给其内部照明。

Over past 100 years, human activities caused great changes of landscape features. In order to build cities, we dig digging. If this situation continues for several hundred years, the Earth’s surface will become more and more flat and boring. At present, however, people do not realize the losing of beautiful landscape topography.

在过去的100年中，人类活动导致地貌特征的巨大改变。为了建造城市，我们挖山掘地。如果这种状况在持续几百年，地球表面会变的越来越平整而无聊。然而现在，人们还没有意识到我们正在丧失这些美丽的地形景观。

This project aims to investigate geometrical combination between building and the topography, the final result of the building contains information of the original topography as to retain this potential natural heritage, while minimizing changes in the terrain.

这个设计意在探索建筑体与地形的几何组合，最终的建筑形体结果包含着原始的地貌信息，从而保留住（地形景观）这个潜在的自然遗产，同时使地形的改变最小化。

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